Colombia: ELN guerrillas abduct 39 civilians
According to the Colombian army, the leftist ELN guerrilla group has abducted 39 people. Founded in 1964 and shaped by Guevarism, the group was not part of the historic peace accord with the FARC.
There is only one source for this event, the left-liberal French Le Monde, which should be taken into account in assessing it. According to the paper, the ELN guerrilla group has abducted 39 people, according to the Colombian army. Le Monde places the group in historical context: Guevarist-inspired, armed since 1964, and unlike the FARC not part of the historic peace accord signed ten years ago that disarmed most of the former guerrillas. Since no opposing or Colombian government source is present in the raw reports, the number of victims rests on the army's account. An ELN view or independent confirmation is missing. The incident underscores the ongoing fragility of Colombia's peace process.